The Andrews Labor Government has announced the Big Bash League will be back in Geelong in a big way in 2019, with GMHBA Stadium hosting the Melbourne Renegades WBBL and BBL teams in two double headers in January. The double header on 3 January will feature the Renegades versus the Hurricanes in the WBBL and…
Sue Johnston Joins the Cast of Hold the Sunset
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Shooting has started on the second series of the BBC One comedy Hold The Sunset, written by Oscar-nominated writer Charles McKeown. The show, made by BBC Studios, was the most successful comedy launch on BBC One since 2014, with over six million viewers turning in. The end of the first series saw Edith (Alison Steadman)…
Competition to Name ACT College Students Voice of Light Rail
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Students in years 11 and 12 four schools along Canberra’s Light Rail route have an opportunity to be chosen as the voice of light rail with auditions kicking off this week for the pre-recorded public announcements of the 13 light rail stops. Minister for Transport Meegan Fitzharris said that the vision is for the ‘voices’…
XMP Announces Partnership with CopyrightBank
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Filmmaking management platform, X Motion Pictures (XMP), has today announced a partnership with CopyrightBank, a copyright registration and verification solution, to enable filmmakers and videographers to register and record the copyright of their original works on the blockchain. “CopyrightBank’s partnership with XMP will deliver a 21st century copyright solution to the filmmaking industry. It is…
BT extends partnership with UKTV
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BT has announced a new long-term deal with UKTV that will include an enhanced catch-up video-on-demand (VoD) offering for BT TV customers. UKTV, the biggest multichannel broadcaster in Britain, has been a BT TV partner since launch and this new deal means BT TV customers will continue to get some of the UK’s best loved…
Ken Jeong to Star in Occupation: Rainfall
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Crazy Rich Asians star, Ken Jeong is heading to Australia to shoot a starring role in Occupation: Rainfall, the sequel to the 2018 Australian sci-fi blockbuster Occupation. Jeong will touch down in early October, shooting in locations across Australia including the Hunter Valley and the Gold Coast. Jeong joins local favorites Temuera Morrison (Aquaman), Dan…
AFL Screening at Fed Square on the Big Screen
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Melbourne Demons fans will be able to experience the footy finals on one of the biggest and best screens in town as Federation Square is converted in to a live viewing site for Saturday’s game against the West Coast Eagles. The recently unveiled Digital Facade screen will show the AFL preliminary final on Saturday afternoon…
Principal Photography Starts on Joker
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Principal photography has begun on Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Joker,” starring Oscar nominee Joaquin Phoenix in the title role, alongside Oscar winner Robert De Niro, and directed, produced and co-written by Oscar nominee Todd Phillips. “Joker” centers around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone story not seen before on the big screen. Phillips’…
Upgrade
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Director Leigh Whannell Starring Logan Marshall-Green, Melanie Vallejo, Steve Danielsen Rated MA Score 5/6 Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when Grey, a self-identified technophobe, has his world turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant called Stem. For those of you who…
The Nun Hits $200 Million Globally
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New Line Cinema’s horror thriller “The Nun” crossed $200 million at the global box office, in only its second weekend in release. The latest hit in the studio’s hugely successful “Conjuring” universe, “The Nun” has pushed the already highest-grossing horror franchise to more than $1.4 billion…and counting. Tom Molter, Head of International Distribution, Warner Bros.…